MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.71,-85.01 Latitude: 30.71 Longitude: -85.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 38 20.8 20.2 97 0.5 20.4 331 13 293.3 295.9 293.3 335.9 14.98 1 1000 105 20.0 19.6 98 0.4 19.7 329 17 293.1 295.7 292.9 334.3 14.49 2 950 547 18.2 17.7 97 0.5 17.9 330 21 295.7 298.1 292.9 334.5 13.51 3 900 1012 18.5 18.5 100 0.0 18.5 305 9 300.6 303.3 295.4 344.7 15.05 4 850 1504 17.6 17.2 98 0.4 17.4 255 9 304.6 307.3 296.3 348.4 14.69 5 800 2022 15.7 13.7 88 2.1 14.4 248 14 307.9 310.2 295.6 345.4 12.38 6 750 2568 11.6 4.4 61 7.2 7.4 267 20 309.1 310.4 291.9 330.6 6.99 7 700 3139 6.9 -12.7 23 19.6 -1.0 281 25 310.1 310.5 287.6 316.7 2.05 8 650 3744 4.9 -20.9 13 25.8 -3.8 292 29 314.5 314.7 288.2 318.3 1.11 9 600 4393 2.4 -36.4 4 38.8 -7.0 295 34 318.9 318.9 288.7 319.9 0.28 10 550 5088 -2.7 -37.3 5 34.6 -10.4 298 37 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.28 11 500 5835 -7.7 -49.3 2 41.7 -14.2 288 41 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.0 0.09 12 450 6643 -14.7 -54.2 2 39.5 -19.4 276 42 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.05 13 400 7523 -20.4 -44.2 10 23.7 -23.7 250 44 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.19 14 350 8498 -27.4 -34.8 49 7.4 -28.5 241 40 331.9 332.0 292.8 334.0 0.57 15 300 9595 -33.2 -37.0 68 3.8 -33.7 235 33 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.6 0.53 16 250 10855 -41.5 -48.2 48 6.7 -42.0 233 33 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.2 0.19 17 200 12328 -53.0 -65.7 20 12.7 -53.3 239 38 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14121 -65.9 -73.1 36 7.2 -66.0 256 44 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16545 -71.7 -86.4 9 14.7 -71.8 243 32 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.53 m Freezing level: 576.47 mb = 4719.94 m = 15485.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.83 mb = 3069.95 m = 10071.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.40 mb = 101.28 m = 332.28 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 31.65 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.59 mb = 469.39 m = 1539.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.72 C = 72.90 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 22.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 342.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.46 mb = 533.84 m = 1751.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 476.46 mb = 6205.10 m = 20357.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.46 mb = 8570.13 m = 28116.88 ft B at Equ Level: 91.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.46 mb = 9913.84 m = 32525.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.5 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 320.5 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.7 neg: -5.8 tot: 91.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.75 Bulk Shear: 33.27 m/s